OMM: New Minis, Rules, Uniform Guides & Books for Spring

A number of new miniatures, rules and books are coming into the On Military Matters shoppe by the end of the month…

Miniatures…

Fireforge: Post-Viking Scandinavian Infantry: 28mm Plastic Figures Build up to 25 Post-Viking Scandinavian Infantry soldiers in heavy armor. You'll be able to build up to ten bowmen, and/or up to ten armed with two-handed axe, and/or up to five armed with sword, and/or up to five armed with mace, and/or up to 24 armed with spear. Figures are supplied unpainted and require some assembly. The box also contains plastic bases for the Deus Vult gaming system: 60mm x 40mm (four bases) and 20mm x 20mm (six bases). $32.00 USD

Konflikt '47: German 28mm Zeus Heavy Panzermech Operates as a tank hunter in difficult terrain, or to assist the Thor panzermechs in reaching their urban targets. $96.00 USD

Rules…

Swordpoint: Classical Armies Supplement covers the period 500BC to 300AD and contains 59 army lists for Swordpoint with many variants. $32.00 USD

Deus Vult: Burn & Loot – Wrath of the Northmen Supplement covers the early medieval period in western and northern Europe (a period roughly from 650AD until 1070AD). Includes a brief history of the Vikings, a comprehensive map showing all of the Viking raids, the rules you need to field your new armies, plus new scenarios and rules for a campaign in the Viking period. Also includes new Traits and Reactions related to the Dark Ages. $28.00 USD

Lionel Tarr's Modern Wargaming Rules: 1939-1945 Contains previously unpublished Tarr wargaming rules he first drafted in 1947, and modified until 1973; Donald Featherstone's 1962 summary of the rules; Reflections on the rules; Tarr's Armies: Russian and German Army Orbats; Solo Wargaming Eastern Front Campaign; Wargaming the Battle of Stalingrad; and Air Warfare on the Eastern Front. $20.00 USD

The Age of Eagles: Napoleonic Fire & Fury – French Language edition 8.5 x 11-inch spiral bound, Napoleonics rules based on the proven American Civil War rules, army lists, scenarios. French text. $30.00 USD

Books…

Roman Republic at War: A Compendium of Roman Battles from 502 to 31 BC Offers a brief description of every significant battle fought by the Roman Republic between 480 and 31BC (and most of the minor ones too). The information in each entry is drawn exclusively from ancient texts to offer a brief description of each battle based solely on the information provided by the earliest surviving sources. The author does not analyze the evidence contained in the surviving accounts, but allows the original writers to speak for themselves. $40.00 USD

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Lobositz to Leuthen: Horace St. Paul and the Seven Years War, 1756-1757 Reprint is a compilation of several volumes of Neil Cogswell's work published under the Gralene imprint. The Journal of St. Paul is a day-by-day account. Accompanying the text are a detailed Gazeteer, Lists of Persons and Regiments, and 232 plates of maps and plans. $70.00 USD

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Panzer II & Luchs: The World War II German Basic Light Tank Another fine Kagero book in the series. Contains 26 archives photos and 14 pages of isometric drawings. $30.00 USD

Light Trucks of the Italian Army in WWII provides a detailed account of specialized WWII light gun-trucks produced by Italian industry between mid-1942 and mid-1943. The Regio Esercito requested an Automezzo Speciale (Special Truck), or, more currently, camionette; industry responded with the AS42 and the AS43 ('AS' standing for Autocarro Speciale). Black-and-white photos, scale plans, and color profiles. $35.00 USD

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The Battleship Roma: 1942-1943 Another fine Kagero book in the series. Includes 117 graphics, 16 3D anaglyphs, a separate fold-out sheet with 1:350 scale drawings of the vessel, and 3D glasses – apparently something new to the series. $35.00 USD

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The British on the Somme 1916: Images of War This new volume in the long-running Images of War series features 250 black-and-white photographs depicting the actions of the British Army on the Somme. Offers rare photographs illustrating the actions of the British infantry and their supporting artillery. $20.00 USD

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The Crushing of Army Group North 1944-1945: Eastern Front – Images of War Features rare and unpublished photos, 300 black-and-white illustrations that focus on the Eastern Front 1944-45 as remnants of Army Group North were driven back to the borders of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and East Prussia. $25.00 USD

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Blitzkrieg From the Ground Up Examination of the German Blitzkrieg operations – and why they were so successful – from Poland to Operation Barbarossa using accounts previously unpublished in English by the enlisted men and junior officers. $33.00 USD

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The War for Africa: Twelve Months that Transformed a Continent Classic account of a Cold War struggle and its momentous consequences for the participants and across the continent, released in a new edition with a new preface and epilogue. The story of the Cuban-South African war in Angola in 1987-88 through the eyes of the South Africans who fought in it. Beginning as a power struggle between two former liberation movements, the MPLA and UNITA, the Angolan Civil War became a Cold War struggle with involvement from the Soviet Union, Cuba, South Africa, and the U.S.A. $33.00 USD

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Rails to the Front: The Role of Railways in Wartime Military use of railways derives from their ability to move troops or materiel rapidly and, less commonly, their use as a platform for military systems (like armored trains and heavy artillery). Until recently, the mobility of large armies generally depended on control of railways to move reinforcements, ammunition and food, as the locomotive and railway cars proved far superior to animal-drawn equipment. Full-color and black-and-white photographs and artwork throughout. $30.00 USD